News archive 2012
University of St Andrews receives recognition as one of the best places to work
Wednesday 23 May 2012
European Award recognises efforts made to attract and develop leading academics.
St Andrews top in Scotland again
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Guardian guide also places University 4th best in UK.
School pupils’ design hits the road in St Andrews
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Primary children win competition to design artwork for university van.
Harry Potter goes to university
Thursday 17 May 2012
Academics from around the world converge on St Andrews for first UK conference on boy wizard.
Sir Sean Connery and Principal Louise Richardson to ring opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Principal trades St Andrews for New York to launch 600th Anniversary film.
Honorary degrees
Tuesday 15 May 2012
St Andrews announces honorary degree recipients for June graduation ceremonies.
Sean Connery tells the story of St Andrews
Sunday 13 May 2012
From 007 to 600: Sir Sean Connery narrates 600 years of history.
St Andrews professor honoured for outstanding contribution to medical science
Thursday 10 May 2012
Professor Naismith joins UK’s ‘wealth of talent’ in biomedicine.
Chancellor speaks on the importance of Universities
Friday 04 May 2012
Sir Menzies takes part in Universities Week.
Can’t get more satisfaction
Wednesday 02 May 2012
New international report reveals high life satisfaction in 11-15 year old Scots.
Looking at Lear
Monday 30 April 2012
St Andrews academic creates radio series in honour of The Owl and the Pussycat author.
Kind-hearted St Andrews do their bit for charity
Friday 27 April 2012
More than £90,000 has already been raised by fundraising groups
Lion Guardians win St Andrews Prize
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Innovative conservation project wins prestigious environmental prize.
Top government post for St Andrews scientist
Tuesday 24 April 2012
A leading scientist at the University of St Andrews has been appointed to a key UK Government post.
Dirty books reveal secret lives of people living in mediaeval times
Monday 23 April 2012
New scientific analysis by St Andrews academic shows mediaeval people were like us.
University boost for vacant Fife mill site
Friday 20 April 2012
St Andrews unveils plans for energy and knowledge exchange centres at Guardbridge.
New light technology could spot and help cure diseases earlier
Thursday 19 April 2012
Experts at the University of St Andrews win £5.6m for the ground-breaking research.
St Andrews ‘Composer in Residence’ is UK first
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Mark David Boden appointed University Composer in Residence by student orchestra.
Students decide on new name for ‘New Hall’
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Residence to be renamed Agnes Forbes Blackadder Hall.
St Andrews Chancellor urges government to reconsider charity tax relief plans
Monday 16 April 2012
The Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, Sir Menzies Campbell, has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to abandon controversial plans to restrict tax relief on charitable donations.
A joint £347,770 university-community project set to turn St Andrews green
Friday 13 April 2012
Scottish Government grant offered to joint town and gown scheme.
Latin American literature expert wins prestigious international prize
Friday 13 April 2012
Forgotten Uruguayan thinker remembered in award-winning essay.
Beach clean up
Friday 13 April 2012
Help clean St Andrews’ beaches for your chance to win a land yachting voucher.
£1 million gift to establish new scholarships at St Andrews
Monday 09 April 2012
Former student supports 600th Anniversary Campaign.
Art by 16th century Italian masters subject of a major conference
Thursday 05 April 2012
Painters from Bellini to Bassano included in event at the University of St Andrews.
Attitudes to Christian identity, gender and social class in the New Testament to be discussed at conference
Tuesday 03 April 2012
Major theology conference at the University of St Andrews will also examine Christianity's relationship to Judaism.
Earning less than your peers can make you happy
Tuesday 03 April 2012
New research discovers having better paid colleagues gives younger workers hope.
Locked in the attic
Monday 02 April 2012
Career women would be declared mad if they lived in the Victorian age.
Fishing should be halved to save protected species find St Andrews researchers
Monday 02 April 2012
Biologists say prey species such as herring too low in wild.
Black gowns introduced for students at St Andrews
Monday 02 April 2012
Postgraduates to have equivalent of traditional red undergraduate gown.
Best of Scottish
Monday 02 April 2012
St Andrews research named among the nation's most exciting scientific advances.
St Andrews exams go back to the future
Sunday 01 April 2012
St Andrews students will be transported over half a millennium back in time this year when the University re-introduces a medieval-style system of exams.
Success is floodlit at the University of St Andrews
Friday 30 March 2012
Students and staff have been helping local youngsters take part in sport.
Shortlist for £100,000 environmental prize
Friday 30 March 2012
St Andrews Prize for the Environment 2012 finalists announced.
Scottish university to support Syrian reform
Thursday 29 March 2012
The University of St Andrews is to expand the work of its Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS) to foster a better understanding of Syria and carry out independent research which it’s hoped can help drive much-needed reform in the troubled country.
Hollywood’s vice-like grip on film industry set to be toppled by digital revolution
Monday 26 March 2012
New book details the brave, new world of cinema to come.
University lumbers up for 600th anniversary
Wednesday 21 March 2012
University of St Andrews to plant 600 trees to mark its 600 years.
‘The greatest university in the world’
Tuesday 20 March 2012
New Rector officially installed in historic ceremony.
Snake vs cyclops
Thursday 15 March 2012
Which would win in a fight? Head down to the new exhibition at the Gateway to make up your mind…
New St Andrews Rector to be installed
Thursday 15 March 2012
Historic ceremony to take place next week (Tuesday 20 March 2012).
And the winners are...
Monday 12 March 2012
Budding student film maker triumphs at Film Blitz awards.
Chariots of Fire producer returns to St Andrews
Monday 12 March 2012
Lord Puttnam to deliver public lecture on the effects of war and violence.
Dr No
Thursday 08 March 2012
How refusal to University kick-started access to Higher Education for women.
You look good enough to eat
Wednesday 07 March 2012
How ‘5 a day’ can improve appearance in just 6 weeks.
The secret of our success
Thursday 01 March 2012
Humans succeed best through helping each other, say researchers.
Time to act to prevent worsening global environmental deterioration, say experts
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Researchers at St Andrews University call for change in human behaviour.
Lighting in the sky with gemstones
Wednesday 29 February 2012
ERC anniversary features St Andrews astronomy project
Going for green
Tuesday 28 February 2012
St Andrews to train staff to be the most environmentally-friendly in the UK.
University helps safeguard jobs at Fife paper mill
Monday 27 February 2012
A Fife paper mill has been given a new lease of life by the University of St Andrews.
St Andrews receives Queen's honour
Friday 24 February 2012
A world-leading Scottish research unit has won a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its contribution to the governance and protection of the oceans.
The blitz is back
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Director of Edinburgh Film Festival to Judge 60 Hour Film Challenge.
St Andrews students help school pupils reach for the stars
Monday 20 February 2012
Undergraduates to speak on school scheme which takes place across the region
Mediaeval music weekend
Friday 17 February 2012
600th anniversary celebrations continue with weekend of Mediaeval music and culture.
University's tribute to terrorism expert
Thursday 16 February 2012
St Andrews celebrates life of Professor Paul Wilkinson.
Love played out at University on Valentine's Day at St Andrews
Wednesday 15 February 2012
One of the UK’s leading stage directors worked with students.
The destruction of Dresden is an icon of war-trauma, concludes new book
Monday 13 February 2012
University of St Andrews academic investigates why bombing remains in public memory.
Digging up the past
Wednesday 08 February 2012
Vase-shaped creatures found in Namibian desert may be our earliest ancestors.
Raising ‘Martians’
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Student with Asperger’s writes book to help parents deal with the condition.
Scientist to receive major award for work with batteries
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Research by St Andrews chemist could revolutionise electric cars.
Special software to trawl thousands of historic archives to uncover Empire trade boom
Monday 06 February 2012
University of St Andrews to help document 19th century global trade.
Spirit of Scott survives in St Andrews
Thursday 02 February 2012
Captain Scott’s last letter continues to inspire Courage.
St Andrews astronomer goes global
Wednesday 01 February 2012
Researcher becomes the first young Scottish voice of science around the world.
St Andrews applications grow by 17%
Monday 30 January 2012
Applications from prospective students to the University of St Andrews have increased by 17%, according to figures released by UCAS today (30 January 2012).
Cinema expert to give talk on the special partnership between Elizabeth Taylor and co-star
Thursday 26 January 2012
University of St Andrews film lecturer to give insight on roles with Montgomery Clift.
Whisky a no go
Wednesday 25 January 2012
New Bill will sabotage Scotland’s top export, claims expert.
Thumbs up for student fundraising effort
Monday 23 January 2012
Intrepid students hitchhike their way to Barcelona for charity.
All aboard!
Wednesday 18 January 2012
St Andrews launches innovative Earth science outreach project for young scientists.
Burnside wins TS Eliot Prize
Tuesday 17 January 2012
University of St Andrews Professor wins highest accolade in British poetry
University of St Andrews ranks in top 100 of international scientific league table
Thursday 12 January 2012
Scotland’s oldest university listed as best in UK for international collaboration.
The truth is out there
Wednesday 11 January 2012
‘Opinion survey’ of planets suggests many more to come